Decorative drives on the leafy ring
Older properties in B16 and B17 often want Cotswold chippings or golden flint to suit the period of the house. Bulk bags landed by HIAB over a high garden wall is the usual move.
Birmingham is the biggest area we cover and the most varied. The yard in Walsall feeds the city up the A34 and the M6, and we run lorries into B1 through B48 every working day. Whether you are doing a small Selly Oak driveway or a programme dig in Erdington, the price comes from the same yard, with no broker fee tacked on.
Birmingham, all of it
Birmingham covers more housing types than the rest of our patch put together. Tight Victorian terraces around Sparkbrook and Bordesley, semi-detached inter-war stock through Kings Heath and Acocks Green, larger plots out towards Edgbaston, Harborne and Northfield. The right lorry depends entirely on where you are. We pick the right one on the call so you do not get a knackered 8-wheeler trying to squeeze down a Balsall Heath side street.
Services in Birmingham
All five run as standard across B postcodes. Builders in Sparkhill running an extension and homeowners in Hall Green doing a front garden are both routine work for the same yard.
Drives, gardens, borders
Bulk bags landed onto driveways across B14, B17, B30 and the outer ring. Plum slate, Cotswold, golden flint, Staffordshire pink and decorative grey, all stocked.
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Trade and groundworks
MOT Type 1, ballast, hardcore, sharp sand, building sand, top soil, road planings and grano dust. Loose by the tonne or bagged for site.
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Muck and rubble
Six- and eight-wheel grab lorries lifting soil, brick, broken concrete and mixed waste over the wall. Permits handled where the road needs one.
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Dig-outs and groundworks
Extensions, basement digs, drive removals and house clearances. Licensed disposal, full waste transfer notes, fixed-price by the load or by the day.
See muck awayAround Birmingham
The Birmingham job sheet is a fair cross-section of the trade. A few examples of what comes through most weeks.
Older properties in B16 and B17 often want Cotswold chippings or golden flint to suit the period of the house. Bulk bags landed by HIAB over a high garden wall is the usual move.
Tight Victorian terraces with on-street parking and short rear access. A six-wheel grab reaching from the road over the entry, in and out in twenty minutes, is the standard fit.
8-wheel tipper loads of MOT Type 1, ballast and sharp sand into trade sites. Regular weekly drops on account terms, with a grab on standby for the muck.
How it arrives
Birmingham streets vary so much that the wrong vehicle is what costs you the day. Three normal modes, plus advice on which one fits.
The HIAB arm lifts a bag off the lorry and lands it where you point. Up to about six metres in from the kerb. Best for outer suburbs with a bit of front garden space.
Shorter than the 8-wheeler, fits down older terraced roads, still gets the boom over a back garden wall. The workhorse of inner Birmingham.
For larger sites and clearer access. Sixteen tonnes of muck in one lift, or sixteen tonnes of aggregate tipped fresh into the bay.
Bordering Birmingham
We regularly deliver to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sutton Coldfield and the surrounding areas.
Birmingham, answered
No. The fleet meets the CAZ emissions rules, so there is no surcharge for drops inside the ring. We do not pass anything on that we are not paying ourselves.
North Birmingham (Erdington, Perry Barr, Handsworth, Kingstanding) regularly gets a same-day drop when booked before mid-morning. South and central is usually next day, sometimes same-day if there is a slot. Bulk-bag deliveries by HIAB run on a routed schedule.
A six-wheel grab usually can. It is shorter and narrower than the eight-wheeler, and the boom can reach up to six metres from the side of the vehicle. Old terraced streets in B11, B12, B19 and B8 are routine. Tell us the street name and we will tell you what fits.
Yes. Edgbaston, Harborne, Selly Oak, Bournville, Stirchley, Kings Heath, Moseley, Hall Green and Cotteridge are regular routes. South of the city centre tends to be HIAB-landed bulk bags because the front gardens are bigger and the access is wider.
Usually not, because the grab is a passing collection rather than a parked skip. Permits are only needed on red routes or where the council has specific bay restrictions. We will flag those on the call and arrange them where needed.
Yes. It is the cheapest way to do it. We call it a backload. The grab arrives with what you ordered, tips it, then loads up the spoil and goes. One booking, one wagon, one waste transfer note. Common on driveway jobs in B13, B14 and B23.
Yes. Upper Tier carrier registration with the Environment Agency, plus CHAS and FORS Silver. Every load you book gets a transfer note showing the licence number and the receiving facility. Audit-ready paperwork as standard.
